The criminal justice field consists of three major branches: law enforcement, the court system and the correctional system. Law enforcement focuses on preventing, responding to and investigating ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Welcome ...

In 2019, Senator Harris introduced a criminal justice reform plan for federal criminal court that would end mandatory minimum sentences and limit solitary confinement and the federal death penalty, as ...

A New York senator is seeking to upend the state's top court's "leave lottery" system for how it considers criminal appeals, a decades-long topic that has engaged legal observers. State Sen ...

The backlog of cases in the criminal courts has reached a record high of 73,000 in the year ending September 2024. The Government recognises that reforming the way criminal courts operate is the key ...